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Unit research · Wyoming · Elk area 72

Berry Creek — Wyoming

1% public hunting land across 38,554 ac. Real backcountry here — 75% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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6,770–11,050 ft

elevation range

public hunting land

75%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.00

road miles per mi²

0 mi

trails on public land

Computed from primary government data by the AGPL pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Tags: check Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

No draw hunts are published for this elk area. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Wyoming Game and Fish Department's regulations.

Season dates: see Wyoming Game and Fish Department's regulations

2026 WGFD Hunting License Application Information (booklet PDF) ↗

WGFD license fee list ↗How the Wyoming draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-05 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a elk area that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 WGFD Hunting License Application Information (booklet PDF) · WGFD license fee list · WGFD preference points · WGFD application dates & deadlines.

Land & access

■ Forest Service 1%▨ Parks & other public 99%□ Private 0%

Unit area38,554 ac

Public hunting land265 ac (1%)

Parks & other public38,229 ac · National Park Service

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)0 mi

Mapped trails on public land0 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road198 ac (75% of public)

Road density0.00 mi/mi²

Managed byForest Service 0k ac

Elevation6,770–11,050 ft

Median elevation8,560 ft

Median slope17°

Where the ground sits

6,770 ft11,050 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 33%

E 29%

S 17%

W 21%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

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8,999 ac of this elk area has burned — 23% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at YELLOWSTONE, 69 km from the unit’s center and ~800 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

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Nearby elk areas

Targhee-Alta · Elk area 7396% public · 53% remote Pacific Creek · Elk area 7184% public · 92% remote Teton Park · Elk area 791% public · 18% remote Snake River · Elk area 752% public · 0% remote National Elk Refuge · Elk area 7798% public · 36% remote Wilson · Elk area 7837% public · 36% remote

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